The name and nature of tragicomedy. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Verna A. Foster.
• Other Names: Foster, Verna A, 1946-
• Contents: The name of 'tragicomedy: problems of identity -- Early English tragicomedy: from providential design to metatheatre -- Shakespearean tragicomedy. Measure for Measure: the Duke's problem play versus Shakespeare's tragicomedy -- The Winter's Tale: tragicomedy of wonder -- The tragicomedy of sexuality and surprise: Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger. Sexuality and tragicomic genre in the plays of Fletcher -- The moral tragicomedy of Massinger -- Tragicomedy in transition -- Modern tragicomedy I: tragicomedy and realism. Ibsen:The Wild Duck -- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard -- Synge: The Playboy of the Western World -- O'Casey: Juno and the Paycock -- Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire -- Modern tragicomedy II: Metatheatre and the absurd. Beckett: Waiting for Godot -- Ionesco: The Chairs and The Killer -- Pinter: The Caretaker and No Man's Land -- Conclusion: The nature of tragicomedy.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: 809.2/523; Tragicomedy -- History and criticism; European drama -- History and criticism; European drama; Tragicomedy; Tragikomedies; Tragikomödie; Europa; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351885348; 1351885340
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.